The review came during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee in Korea, where it is examining the state of conservation of 147 inscribed sites worldwide.
When Jaipur continues to draw millions of tourists on the promise of its history, architecture, craft, and traditions, why is its heritage value being allowed to erode?
Not only does Pakistan have a dense accumulation of blue monuments but they are also closer in spirit to Western and Central Asian monuments than those we have in Delhi.
The move was triggered by a PIL over acute space shortage, with Chief Justice-headed division bench ordering that no relocation can take place unless general body reaches a consensus.
SC on 10 Jan stayed order of Punjab & Haryana HC for construction of verandah outside court room number 1 of high court building. HC order was issued in November while hearing a PIL.
The Western Ghats has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for over a decade. But for the Karnataka government, it has become a millstone around the neck.
India has achieved a significant cultural milestone with the entry of Moidams—the mound-burial system of the Ahom dynasty in Assam—in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Charaideo Moidams are India’s only nomination to UNESCO World Heritage List, and only the first set of cultural properties from Northeast to make it to the list.
India, which is hosting the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee, is pushing for Chardeo Moidams, 700-year old mound-burial system of Ahom dynasty, to be added to list.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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